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Originally Posted by scottorious
Does anyone think a centrally located radiant thermal mass would heat the open areas of the house.
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In the center of my house is the chimneys to my wood insert downstairs, what used to be an oil furnace and to my fireplace upstairs. It's basically 4'x7'x16' of solid brick. lighting the insert downstairs and leaving it running for a few hours gets the brick work behind it up to about 40C, maybe 45C on real hot burns. upstairs the brick work is usually mid 20's 3 feet off the floor. when you walk by you can feel the warmth.
Having said that the outer rooms would be damn cold if that was my only way of moving the heat. I suck the heated air from near the insert into the cold air return of the furnace and pump it around the house using the circulating fan. I also set up a fan on a stand and use it to push air up the stairs sometimes. Those combined keep the outer rooms warm enough but still cool.